Cut Salaries Instead Of Raising Taxes

I am a Connecticut taxpayer and retired teacher. I understand that the state legislature is trying to balance the budget and increase revenue to provide services to its citizens. If all those on the state payroll, including UConn employees and coaches and all those cronies that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy pushed through with 12 percent raises, were to decrease any salary $110,000 or above by 10 percent, the state would have all the money they needed and then some.

In addition, if all 169 towns in this state would decrease their superintendents' salaries by 10 percent and any administrator's salary at $100,000 or more by 10 percent, the towns would have money to use for services. Somehow, the above salaries have gotten totally out of control.

I am weary of hearing about these salaries and even more discouraged when the legislators only see reduction of social services as the answer to balance the state budget. Decrease these ridiculously high salaries. And if anyone is unhappy about it, go to another state and get more money (LOL). These folks are overpaid and Connecticut ends up looking foolish.

We are one of the smallest states with some of the highest proerty taxes in the United States well as probably the longest list of taxed items, including cars, boats and pensions. This doesn't include the 25 new items that legislators want to add to the list.